CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Cvrljak, Sasa |
|---|---|
| Title | ANALYZING THE WAR IN CAUCAUS IN THE NEW LIGHT: FACTORS EXPLAINING RUSSIAN MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA IN 2008? |
| Summary | My work deals with the Russian intervention in Georgia last summer as I found that researches have not undertaken sufficient effort to properly analyze the factors that were driving this conflict or try to conceptualize them with the theoretical framework. I have applied document analysis method in the analysis of the primary sources such are strategic documents of the Russian federation from the 2000's and the documents of the Russian Ministry of Defense and Russian Ministry of the Foreign Affairs. Other elements of the primary literature were discourse analysis of the leading politicians during the war in Georgia and aftermath and journalists articles and reports in the international and Russian press about the war. Secondary literature was consisted of the academic articles, policy papers and books in order to get broader picture of the Russian foreign policy and develop a theoretical framework. Main findings is that the Russian sense of greatness and the impact of the Russian strategic culture were driving forces that caused disproportionate use of Russian military in „coercing Georgia to peace”. That also imply fundamental shift from the centrist policy of Putin before the war to a more radical confrontational attitude with the West. |
| Supervisor | sasa cvrljak |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/cvrljak_sasa.pdf |
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